Tire for vehicles.



A. CRQWE @L Jrs.l KINZEL.

Y y TIRE FOR VEHICLES. APPLIOATION FILED APB.2,1`909.

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A. GROWE a J. E. KINZBL. TIRE FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2, 1909. 9%?124, Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

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ALEXANDER caown AND JHN E. xINzEn or lYomrs'sfrow'n, omo.

To all 'it mag/concern:

Be it known .that we, ALEXANDER CRowE and JonN.E..KINzi-:L, citizens ofthe United States," residing at Youngstown, 1n the 5 countyf f-Mahoningand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTires for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

' Our invention relates to tires for vehicles,

and particularly to. armored pneumatic tires, the object of theinvention being to provlde a tire which shall be unpuncturable,vnonrustable and exible, whose strength shall be such that it will beentirely free from explosion or bursting due to overheating or greatperi heral velocity, 'skidding being prevented 'y reasonk of the ribbedexterior face of the tire due to its peculiar construction ofamultiplcity of rings.

Theinvention consists, broadl of a tire having a coverin face compose ofclosely -woven ,circulars a ed metallic rings, the 'ringsforming theabric of' the tire being linked to each other, allowing for expansionand contraction and giving the greatest strength with the least area.The whole fabric of thetire is bound-closely in position by lengths ofwire passing around the tire longitudinally thereof and interwoven .withthe rin s, thereby'holding the tire in place and ma ing of the fabric asolid metal structure. This metal fabric is supported on a suitable'foundation or liningy of textile fabric, preferably canvas which isheld upon the outer surface of aniiterior pneumatic.

tire of rubber, this outer canvas covering or lining protectingthe.inner tube from con` tact with the metallic rings and consequentabrasion, and .'preventing the passage of 40 water or dust through tothe interior tire.

For' a f ullunderstanding of, the invention and the merits thereof, andto acquire a knowledge 'of the details of construction,

reference iS to be had to the following de' seriptlon and accompanyingdrawings, in

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Fi ure 1 isa transverse'section through the tire and through'ir part ofthel clencher Arim; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal section. Fig. 3is a diagrammaticperspective view of a fragment'ol. 1e tire; and, Fig.'4 is-a detail 'section of tie means for clamping the ends of the mainsupporting bars.`

-Corresponding and'likeparts are referred t0 in the followingdescription and indicated v Specification of Letters-Patient.Application filed April 2, 1909. Serial No. 487,388.

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in all the views of the drawings by.A the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, 2 designates a A felly `of any usual ordesired character, and 3 one of the spokes of the wheel.

4 designates a clencher rim ,having the outwardly turned side edgescommon to clencher rims.

7 designates an inner tire of rubber or other iexible material such asis commonly used in pneumatic tires.

Our particular invention comprises a lining 8 composed of severalthickness of canva's or like material which'has been, by any suitableprocessrendered water-proof. The edges of this canvas lining are-attached 'to Vannular wooden'strips 9, triangular in cross section andreversely placed to' each other so that the inchned inside faces of thestrips shall be opposed to each other, as shown in the sectional view.The fabric of the lining is to be attached to these wooden strips in anysuitable manner, as by screws.

Supported upon the outer face of the lining 8, 1s a webbing or fabric 10composed of interlocked rings ll, the plane of the rings beingperpendicular to the `tace of the lining and transverse to the axis otthe tire. This fabric is composed of a multiplicity of series of metalrings 1l, these rings being formed of vresilient niateriaheach series ofrings extending from one edge of the lining to the other, and thereforeextending around the tire transversely to the axis thereof trom one edgeof the clencher rim to the other.

E ach ring'is interlinked with the longitudinally adjacent rings, theseriesof rings 4being held to the lining 8 by'staples or other likedevices '12. Each serles of rings is located.A immediately adjacent tothe next series on each side, so that the rings of all the series are inContact with each other, so that thus all the. rings are lield in anoutstanding rel'ation, the/plane of the rings being perpendicular to thesurface of the tire. It will be seen from Fig. lthatthe rings of eachseries are not in alinement with the rings ol the next adjacent series,but. that they bear a stag-gered relation to the-next adjacent series-on both sides. This distributes the pressure on the .tire over a!considerable .s irface the inner lining and prevents the" pressure frombeing distributed in a longitudinal line along the tire. lt also aids informing an interlocking fabric. The separate series of rings areIinterloclted with tudinalstrands ofwire 13. Each of these strands,A aswill be seen from Fig. 2, extends along the outer and inner face oftherings,

and at 'intervals is interwoven under a ring of one of the series. Inorder that the rings of the series shall not be separated tooz greatly,it is best that the strands 13,: shall pass over theouter face of anumber of rings and then beneath one or moreof the rings, then againover the outer surface ofa. number of rings, and so on. W'e do not wish,however, to be limited to the manner in which the longitudinal strandsare interwoven with the rings. There may be as man f of theselongitudinal strands as desire and'we have shown in the illustration asmany longitudinal strands as there are rings in each series.

In order to attach the exterior tire to the felly and to the clencherrim, .we form the inner margins of the t-ire of relatively small rings11,.and leave these margins free from attachment to the inner lining.lThese margina-l rings 115t extend downward on the outer faces ofthestrips 9. and are turned over outwardly.v and bent inwardly aroundopposed annular rods 15. This turned-over portion of the fabric isconnected to the main body of the metallic fabric by small rings 16plainly shown in Fig. 1. -Thus, the rods 15 are incl'osed in .a hem, asit may be called, formed upon the opposed inner edges of the tire.l Theends of the rods-15 are coupled together as shown in Fig. 4. That is,the ends areoppositely beveled so as lo fit against each othervandfori'n mutual barbs 17 so as to be interlocked. A sleeve 18 isfitted `over these joined, ends of the rods 15 and is held in place byany suitable means,

- as for instance, by a screw. It will be seen that the inner edges ofthe fabric where it is turned over the rods 15 forms an annular rib-likeportion on either side of the inner edge 'of the tire, which ribs are'adapted to be forced into locking engagement with the inwardly turnedends G ofthe clencherrim, as shown in Fig. l, when the inner edges ofthe lining 8 are forced outward. To accomplish the wedging outward ofthe strips 9 and the fabric, we provide Wedge plates 18 which arelocated beneath the interiorpneumatic tire 7 and have rods 19 projectingtherefrom that extend out through the rim 5 and through the folly 2.These rods, at their ends, are screw-threaded and provided with nuts 20.By; turning the .Wing nuts, it will be obvious that the wedge plates 18will be drawn inwardly, thus contacting With the inner surface of themarginal edges of the canvas 8 and forcing the strips 9 outward, therebyforcing the lower ribbed edges of the metallic fabric into-interlockedrelation with the inwardly turned edges of the clencher rim, as beforedescribed. lVhile we deem this manner of attachinthe outer v tire to therim preferable,l we o not wish to be limited-thereto, as-it l1s obviousthat we might modify this construction in many respects'vvithoutdeparting from the s lrit of 7o the invention, and for the reason tiatIour invention lies broadly not somucli 1n the attaching means, as in atire consisting o f a multiplicity of interlinked outwardly citv tendingrings which, through their close relation, form an armor for theinterior tire, and -which, because of their resiliency and their beinginterlinked lwith each other, provide a yielding and resilient metallicsur-V face. y

It will be seen that the armored Vface of the tire being foi-med ofinterlinked rings, a. large spaceis left for the circulation of airaround the rings, and that thus any mois; f ture that might otherwiseaccumulate on the? tire, will be readily evaporated. Our construction,therefore, will not retain moisture in contact with the inner canvas.lining l or between the rings. Neither will it actA to retain dust, forthe reason that the coni tinuo-us flexing of the rings will cause themto shift upon cach other to some extent and vslide open, thus permittingsmall particles of earth orother material to be granulated and to fallout between the ring One of the principal advantages of the` inventionlies in the fact that besides entirely protecting the interior pneumatictire from anyv chance of injury and inclosing it? in a metallic fabricthat will absolutely prevent all chance of bursting, it also provides atire surface which, being roughened or ribbed, will prevent skidding.This is'not only prevented by the roughened surface, given by themultiplicity of rings,'but,also'1`05 by the longitudinal interwovenstrands of wire, which form lon itudinal ribs or grooves on the outersur ace of the tire and prevent all sidewise movement of the Wheel.

Having thus described the invention, what -is claimed as new 1st- .1. Avehicle tire having an outer armor of interlinked outstanding rings, theplane of each ring extending transversely to the axis of the tire. 115

2. A vehicle 4tire having an outer armo i` composed of a multiplicity ofseries of interthe inside of some of the rings and over the 1 25 ioutside of the other rings,

interwoven therewitli. 3. A vehicle tire having an outer armor composedof a multiplicity of series of interand being thereby linked metallic'outstanding rings, 'the Je?" afm-,12a Y of each series extendinvtransversely across the face of the t-ire and being in Contact with therings .of the next adjacent series, and a plurality/'lofstrandsextending longitudinally of the tire and eacli of said strands extendingacross the 'outer face of a pluralf yity of rings and being at intervalsdepressed beneath one of said rings, thereby being interwoven Witlr saidrings.

4, 't vehicle tire having an 'outer armor composed of a multiplicity ofseries of interlinked. metallic outstanding rings, the rings of eachseries extending transversely across the 'face of the tire and being ineon tact with the rings of the next adjacent series and the ringsot' oneseries being in staggered relation to the rings of the next adjacentseries, and plurality of longitudinal wires extending around the tireand interwoven at intervals with the several .series of rings.

5. In a vehicle tire, the combination with y ai a pneumatic tire, of alining of textile inay terial adapted to surround the exterior of of theinnei` lining and annular rods aroundv which the inner margins of themetallic fabric formed by said rings are folded, .thereby forming anannular enlargement on either side of the tire adapted to be enga ed`with the inwardly turned flanges o a clencller rim. o

In testimony. whereof we affix vour signa- 'tures in presence of twoWitnesses. A

ALEXANDER CROXVE. [1.. s] JHN E. KNZEL. [n s] `Witnesses A. ERNST, PETERE. Binnen.

